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Restore x18 in efi_arch_leave
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Authored by andrew on May 1 2019, 4:04 PM.
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Summary

Some UEFI implementations trash this register and, as we use it as
a platform register, the kernel doesn't save it before calling into
the UEFI runtime services. As we have a copy in tpidr_el1 restore from
there when exiting the EFI environment.

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Move loading x18 before we use it.

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Tested On: Ampere eMAG

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.May 1 2019, 4:31 PM

Should we add a Sponsored by: Ampere Computing (hardware)?

(And Andy's Sponsored-by, of course)

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